Lumber-truck.



No. 767,635. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

W. J. DALEY. LUMBER TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15, 1904. U0 MODEL Patented August 16, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VVILLIAM J. DALEY, OF OSWEGO, NEW YORK.

LUMBER-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0."767,635, dated August16, 1904.

Application filed February 15, 1904. Serial No. 193,726. (No model.)

To aZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM J. DALEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Osw ego, in the county of Oswego and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Lu mber-Truck, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to that class of trucks having centrally-disposedsupporting or bearing wheels, more particularly to devices of thischaracter employed in lumber-yards and similar localities fortransferring lumber and the like from place to place therein, and hasfor its object to provide a simply-constructed adjustable and foldablesupporting attachment to the truck-frame to prevent the tilt-- ing ofthe same while loading and unloading. With these and other objects inview, which will appear as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, the same consists in certain' novel features ofconstruction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of carrying the same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, asvarious changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage oftheparts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and the right istherefore reserved of making all the changes and modifications whichfairly fall within the scope of the invention and the claims madetherefor.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2is an end elevation, of an ordinary lumber-truck with the improvementapplied. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail illustrating the construction andoperation of the folding supporting-frame.

The device may be applied with slight and immaterial modifications toany of the various forms of trucks in common use and for the purpose ofillustration is shown applied to an approved structure of thischaracter, having the usual rectangular frame 10, withintermediately-disposed bearing-wheels 11 12, upon a transverse axle 13.

The improved attachment consists of a supporting-frame comprising legmembers lei 15, transverse member 16, having journal-bearings 17 18 atthe ends, and the leg members connected by a brace member 19 near theirlower ends.

Brackets 20 21 are provived for connection, as by bolts, to thetruck-frame, the brackets having bearings for the journals 17 18, and bywhich means the supporting frame is mounted to swing from thetruck-frame.

Attached to the journal-bearing 18 exterioril y of the bracket 21 is anoperating-handle 22, having a notched segment 23 extending therefrom,and pivotally connected at24 to the bracket is a pawl 25, engaging thenotches in the segment. By this simple arrangement it is obvious thesupporting-frame may be set with thefree ends of its leg members 14 15upon the ground, and thus support the truckframe and prevent it fromtilting downward at the end where the supportingframe is attached, orfolded beneath the frame when not in use, as indicated in Fig. 3, orsupported at any intermediate point within the range of the notches inthe segment.

Pivotally connected at 26 to the bracket 21 is a stop-lever 27 forengagement with the pawl 25 to lock the latter immovably in engagementwith the segment 23 and prevent accidental displacement of the same whenthe load is placed on the truck.

The journal-bearings 17 18 are preferably longer than required for thenarrowest truckframes to' provide for connecting the device withoutstructural change to all widths of truck-frames by merely adjusting thejournal-bearings longitudinally in the brackets.

A stop-collar 28 is disposed upon the bearing 18 and operative insidethe bracket 21 and provided with a set-screw 29 to limit thelongitudinal movement of the supporting-frame in one direction, whilethe handle 22 and segment 23 limit the movement in the oppositedirection. The hub of the handle member will be likewise provided with aset-screw 30, by which to connect it adjustably and detachably to themember 16. By this arrangement it is obvious that the device may bereadily connected to any width or size of truck-frame by merely boltingthe brackets 20 21, with the member 16 journaled therein, to thetruckframe and then adjusting the collar 28 and the hub of the handlemember 22 to their proper positions and securing them by theirrespective set-screws 29 and 30.

The device is simple in construction, strong and durable, and readilyapplied and operated and will be found very convenient for the purposesdescribed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim isl. Asupporting-frame having means for swinging connection with atruck-frame, a notched segment carried externally by one side of saidframe and concentric with respect to the swinging connection thereof, apawl to engage the segment and lock the frame at its opposite limits,and a handle carried externally by that side of the frame which carriesthe toothed segment, the handle and pawl being located for simultaneousaccess.

2. A supporting-frame having opposite externally-projected journals forrotative connection with a truck-frame, a notched segment carried by oneof the journals, a crank-handle carried by the same journal, and a pawlfor engagement with the segment to lock the frame at its oppositelimits.

3. A supporting-frame having lateral journal-bearings, brackets havingmeans for attachment to a truck-frame and rotatively supporting saidjournal-bearings, an operating crank-handle and a notched segmentcarried terminally by one of said journal-bearings at the outer side ofthe adjacent bracket, and a pawl carried by said adjacent bracket forengaging said segment to lock the frame at its opposite limits.

4. A supporting-frame having means for swinging connection to atruck-frame and provided with an operating-handle and concentric notchedsegment, a pawl for engaging said segment and a stop-lever for lockingsaid pawl into engagement with said segment.

5. A supporting-frame having lateral journal-bearings, brackets havingmeans for attachment to a truck-frame and rotatively supporting saidjournal-bearings, an operatinghandle and a notched segment carried byone of said journal-bearings, a pawl for engaging said segment and astop-lever for engaging said pawl carried by one of said brackets.

6. A supporting-frame having lateral journal-bearings, brackets havingmeans for attachment to a truck-frame and rotatively supporting saidjournal-bearings, an operatinghandle and a notched segment carried byone of said journal-bearings, externally of one of said brackets and astop-collar carried adjustably by the same bearing internally of saidbracket, and a pawl engaging said segment.

7. The combination with a tiltable wheeled truck-frame, of a propjournaled to the frame at one side of the wheels, one of the journalsbeing projected externally of the frame. a toothed segment carried bysaid projected journal, a crank-handle carried by said journal, and apawl carried by the frame and cooperating with the toothed segment tolock the frame at its opposite limits.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto atfixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. DALEY.

Witnesses PETER SCHNEIDER, JEREMIAH J. SULLIVAN.

